Index for Album F-1999-11-21: Foraging - Nov 21, 1999

Foraging in Central Park, NYC on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. For more on foraging see foraging.com.

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1 Wisteria. A nice trellis full of it. Out-of-season as only the flowers are edible.
2 Gingko. A tree with lots of fruits, but too near the street.
3 Gingko. See the fruits?
4 Gingko. Can't miss the fruits now!
5 Wrinkled Rose. Likes to grow near the seashore.
6 Wrinkled Rose
7 Wrinkled Rose
8 Pasteur Rose. A bit smaller, but still edible.
9 Pasteur Rose. Closer up.
10 Epazote. It's all over the park.
11 Epazote. Another place in the park.
12 White Snake Root. Deadly!!
13 Central Park Lake
14 Central Park Lake
15 Greater Celandine
16 Greater Celandine
17 Arrowroot. Wildman once dug some out, but there was very little there. He buys it in the store.
18 Cattails. Now out of season.
19 Black Walnut. Nuts now all gone.
20 Witch Hazel
21 Witch Hazel. Close up of the flowers.
22 Witch Hazel. We found one that still had some leaves!
23 Witch Hazel. Another shot with leaves.
24 Common Mallow. A close up of the flower.
25 Jet Berry. Very poisonous!!
26 Rock outcropping in Rambles. Note north-south scratches left by receding glacier rocks.
27 Hackberries. Too old to eat.
28 Hackberries. Gray bark.
29 Garlic Mustard. Can eat root and small leaves.
30 Garlic Mustard
31 Gray Squirrel. We had a few visit us while we ate lunch. This one turned away as I was taking its picture.
32 Gray Squirrel. Now it posed nicely.
33 Gray Squirrel. Enhanced version.
34 Gray Squirrel. It was moving when I took the shot.
35 Field Garlic (Wild Onion). This fellow dug this up while we had lunch.
36 Broad Leaf Dock?
37 Burdock. Wildman is digging up the first one.
38 Burdock. This is the one Wildman dug up.
39 Burdock
40 Burdock
41 Burdock. The fellow that dug up the onions dug this one up.
42 Asiatic Day Flower. The camera had its own idea on focusing.
43 Lady's Thumb
44 Lady's Thumb
45 Japanese Knotweed
46 Lambs-quarters. Note top of stem is missing.
47 Lambs-quarters. Here's Wildman eating the missing top!
48 Mugwort
49 Milkweed. Winter form.
50 Milkweed. Winter form.
51 Milkweed. Winter form.
52 Milkweed. An opened pod.
53 Kentucky Coffee Tree. See the beans up there?
54 Kentucky Coffee Beans
55 Wildman is about to eat an American Persimmon.
56 American Persimmon
57 American Persimmon. Close up.
58 Fire Thorn (Pyracantha). Berries are edible.
59 Fire Thorn (Pyracantha).
60 Common Blue Violet. Note flower and different bud (which has the seeds).
61 Common Blue Violet
62 Common Blue Violet. I broke open a bud to show the seeds.
63 Common Blue Violet
64 Field Garlic (Wild Onion). A nice big patch.
65 Sassafras. Leaves are gone, but note the upward branching.
66 Sassafras. Wildman tries to eat some.
67 Chickweed
68 Chickweed
69 Chickweed. Elsewhere in the park.
70 Wood Sorrel
71 Bush Honeysuckle. Berries in May.
72 Horse Nettle. Poisonous!!
73 Quick Weed (Gallinsoya). Can be cooked, but unpalatable.
74 Crab apples.
75 Crab apples.
76 Crab apples.
77 Nasturtium. Wildman had never eaten this before. It isn't a wild plant! Kind of peppery.
78 Nasturtium Flower.
79 European Cut Leaf Blackberry. Come back in mid-August.
80 European Cut Leaf Blackberry. A nice big patch.
81 Amaranth
82 Amaranth
83 Amaranth
84 Amaranth
85 Dandelion
86 Enoki (Winter mushroom or Velvet foot). Now too old to eat.
87 June Berry. Winter Form.
88 June Berry. Close up of pod.
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